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NashvilleHerald.com Monday 8th February 2010 Issue 2119
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"It is unfair you enjoy a safe life while our brothers in Gaza suffer greatly. Our attacks will continue as long as you support Israel. "
Osama bin Laden
The al-Qaeda leader was addressing U.S. President Barack Obama in a recently-released videotape.

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Michael Jackson's doctor charged with manslaughter
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First lady is tackling childhood obesity

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Palin mocks Obama for using teleprompter, reads notes off her hand
Nashville (Tennessee, US), Feb.8 : During a question and answer session that followed her speech to participants at the National Tea Party convention, former Alaska Governor and 2008 Republic vice-presidential nominee Sarah Palin appeared to be mocking President Barack Obama's use of a teleprompter by reading notes off her...

Palin says she could run for president in 2012
Nashville (Tennessee, US), Feb.8 : Former Alaska Governor and 2008 Republic Party vice-presidential nominee Sarah Palin has revealed that she may run for US President in...
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Dr Conrad Murray charged over Michael Jackson's death
Michael Jackson's former doctor has appeared at a court in Los Angeles to deny a charge of involuntary manslaughter related to the singer's...

Pitt and Jolie litigate over tabloid story
Famous Hollywood couple Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt have asked their London lawyers to issue papers against Britain's News of the...
Girl dies in Turkey after being buried alive
A father has been accused of burying his daughter because she spoke to...
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Nashville (Tennessee, US), Feb.8 : During a question and answer session that followed her speech to participants at the National Tea Party convention, former Alaska Governor and 2008 Republic vice-presidential nominee Sarah Palin appeared to be mocking President Barack Obama's use of a teleprompter by reading notes off her hand.

According to a Huffington Post report,Palin referred to President Obama as "a guy with a teleprompter," while depending on her own "palm pilot."

Palin's appearance at the Tea Party convention was closely watched as a potential signal of her political future and the extent to which the convention would embrace her.

Aligning herself firmly with the Tea Party, she urged the 1,100 people who had gathered in a hotel ballroom not to let the movement be defined by any one leader.

"This is about the people, and it's bigger than any one king or queen of a Tea Party, and it's a lot bigger than any charismatic guy with a teleprompter," she said.

That was just one of several digs at President Obama.

"How's that hopey-changey thing working out for you?" she asked at one point.

She criticized Obama for allowing deficits to rise, for "apologizing for America" in speeches in other countries, and for allowing a man with explosives to board a plane headed for the United States on Christmas Day, saying the president was weak in the fight against terrorism.

"To win that war, we need a commander in chief, not a professor of law," she said.

Palin gave little hint to her political plans when she said she would support those candidates who "understand free market principles" and "personal responsibility."

Without saying which candidates she would support, she said she would campaign for conservative challengers in some Republican primaries.


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    NASA's space shuttle Endeavour launched
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    Haredim in the Negev
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